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ELECTRIC BUSES: A quiet debate about how and whether the T can or even should meet an ambitious electric bus mandate is now spilling into the open, Chris Lisinski reports. |
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Around 50 people in the seaside enclave of Hull ventured out on a freezing January night to hear from town officials and a consulting firm about a plan that’s in the works to deal with a problem that’s become increasingly impossible to ignore: flooding. |
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The community meeting centered on a proposal under development that could mitigate flooding in the Hampton Circle neighborhood, a section of the slim peninsula town that’s ground zero for flooding. Over sliders and other finger foods on the second floor of a restaurant across the street from the ocean, officials presented ideas for new infrastructure like a tidal gate and pedestrian bridge as skeptical residents peppered them with pressing questions and anecdotes. |
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Before consultants from Weston & Sampson got too far along with their design pitch, though, Chris Krahforst, director of climate adaptation and conservation in Hull, stood up and added something into the mix. |
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Speaking gingerly, he raised the idea of addressing flooding by leaving, or “retreating” from, Hull altogether. |
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“Part of this is to put in the back of the minds of everyone here, that as we move into the future and into the distant future, what is this place going to be like?” Khrahforst said to a hushed room. “At the end of that road is a plan, and maybe part of that plan is a retreat.” |
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They were just bread crumbs, really. It was a way to get the idea into the conversation, but then move on, not wanting to linger too long on an obviously uncomfortable topic, at a meeting that had already turned contentious. But Krahforst didn’t want to pass up the chance to bring up the possibility of relocating from harm’s way at a gathering of residents in one of the most at-risk communities in the state. About two-thirds of Hull is located in a 100-year floodplain, meaning the area has a 1 percent chance of seeing a significant flood in a given year. |
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“What exactly do you mean by retreat?” one attendee piped in, unable to let the notion go. “Like moving our homes? Or temporarily evacuating during a storm?” |
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No, not quite, Krahforst explained. Retreat, more than likely, means picking up and moving altogether away from encroaching water. |
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As uneasy as the conversation became, that interaction is, in some ways, exactly the point. |
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Massachusetts is right now engaging in the most robust dialogue in state history around the concept of relocating people, homes, and communities away from places prone to flooding. In November, the Healey administration ripped the Band-Aid off and formally called on the state to establish a voluntary buyout program within three to five years once a study currently underway is completed. |
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BOTTLES: Just one-third of the eligible bottles and cans sold in Massachusetts were redeemed last year under the state’s recycling-incentivizing deposit law, a new low as advocates struggle to gain traction for reforms. Jordan Wolman dives into the ongoing fight. |
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IMMIGRATION: The Massachusetts House approved new limits Wednesday on how local and state entities interact with federal immigration enforcement, including a ban on most civil immigration arrests in courthouses. That could disrupt a status quo in which Bay State courts and ICE have agreed to “soft diplomacy,” according to a top judicial leader. Colin Young unpacks the situation for State House News Service. |
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WORLD CUP: Thursday’s friendly match between Brazil and France seems to have gone on without a hitch. (The Boston Globe – paywall) |
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GATEWAY CITIES: Malden tries to become the first Gateway City in 35 years to approve a Prop 2 ½ tax hike. (GBH) |
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CONTAMINATION: Springfield will need thousands of soil samples to assess contamination at the region’s water treatment plant. (Mass Live – paywall) |
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AUDIT: The bad blood keeps boiling over between Auditor Diana DiZoglio and Attorney General Andrea Campbell. (State House News Service – paywall) |
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POPULATION: Boston area growth slowed last year, with immigration crackdowns and the high cost of living two driving factors. (GBH) |
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